H.R. 842 · 119th Congress · House

Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act

Active· Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 119-333, Part I.
Introduced
Jan 31, 25
Passed House
Pending
Passed Senate
Pending
Sent to President
Pending
Signed into Law
Pending

Executive Summary

Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act

This bill allows, beginning in 2028, for Medicare coverage and payment for multi-cancer early detection screening tests that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration and that are used to screen for cancer across many cancer types, if the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services determines such coverage is appropriate. Coverage is limited to those under a certain age (age 68 in 2028, increased by one year every year thereafter) and to one test every 11 months.

Action Timeline

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  1. OCT 03, 2025Library of Congress

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means

    H. Rept. 119-333, Part I.

    119Yea
    333Nay
    0NV
  2. SEP 17, 2025House committee actions

    Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 0.

    43Yea
    0Nay
    0NV
  3. SEP 17, 2025House committee actions

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held

  4. JAN 31, 2025House floor actions

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  5. JAN 31, 2025Library of Congress

    Introduced in House

Committees

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Ways and Means Committee

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Referred: Oct 3, 2025

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Energy and Commerce Committee

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Referred: Jan 31, 2025

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